Google: Disavow Links Even If Removed As A Best Practice
A Google Webmaster Help thread has Google's John Mueller implying that it may be "good practice" to list the sites and URLs in your disavow file even if they links were removed and especially if you simply requested the webmaster to remove them...

GooglePlex Gets Google Fiber Van
Googler, Michael Wyszomierski aka Wysz, took a picture of the Google Fiber Van on display at the GooglePlex yesterday. As you know, Google Fiber is expanding, so this is a way to make note of that.